Subject: Re: Printing with lpd.
To: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
From: Ben Collver <collver@peak.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/14/2006 20:39:22
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 02:23:14AM +0000, Andy Ball wrote:
> "lpd=YES" to /etc/rc.conf and checked that it is running. I
> edited /etc/printcap to include something almost identical
> to example 11.1 and created /usr/local/libexec/lpfilter and
> made a few directories as suggested. When I try
> "lptest 70 5|lpr -h", nothing happens. Any pointers or
> suggestions would be most welcome.
Does your filter produce the desired output when you pipe it directly to
lpa0? Do you see errors in /var/log/lpd-errs? What does lpq -a show?
Ben